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Panache Ventures
Venture capital · Canada · North America
Panache Ventures is a Canadian pre-seed and seed fund that makes initial investments of up to $1.5M, often as the first institutional investor on a company's cap table. It provides hands-on support and introductions to help portfolio companies reach Series A, with offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordstechnologypre-seedseedcanadafounder-support
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Or find every investor that fitsPanache Ventures lists 80 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 63% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Fintech (15%) and Healthcare & Biotech (14%). 56% of its companies are based in Canada. It invests most often alongside Creative Destruction Lab, Golden Ventures and Y Combinator.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Panache Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Panache Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 80. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 63% |
| Series A | 25% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 13% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 93th | 79 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 76th | 63% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 71th | 8% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 39th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Fintech | 15% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Creative Destruction Lab | 9 |
| Golden Ventures | 6 |
| Y Combinator | 6 |
| Garage Capital | 5 |
| Real Ventures | 5 |
| Techstars | 5 |
| Conconi Growth Partners | 4 |
| Luge Capital | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7898%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company23%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Creative Destruction Lab
Compare Panache Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Panache Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 28 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 6 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Seed | |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Panache Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Panache Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
80 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTO provides an AI-powered platform to elevate human performance in the Life Sciences industry | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AgentField governs production agents with its open-source agent stack and control plane for enterprises. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Altrio provides an AI-native deal platform for commercial real estate dealmakers | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aon3d manufactures industrial additive manufacturing solutions, including 3D printers and materials | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Arvo AI develops and provides an open-source AI-powered agentic incident management and root cause analysis tool for Site Reliability Engineers | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Asepha develops and provides pharmacy automation software that handles tasks such as data entry, call automation, and prior authorization | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Parable provides a data layer for team leaders to observe, measure, and optimize their organization's work and AI transformation. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Beatdapp unifies identity, security, content, and engagement integrity to power the world's most innovative platforms. | Media & EntertainmentCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| biossil advances late-stage programs for life-threatening diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Canada Rocket Company launches satellites into space | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Carbide provides compliance automation and risk management software for organizations | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| CarbonRun helps restore the natural ability of rivers to carry carbon to the sea for long-term storage | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Certn provides background check services for individuals and companies. | Human ResourcesCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company buys, reconditions, and sells used cars online. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Cybrid helps fintechs, banks, and enterprises move money faster, cheaper, and safer with stablecoin infrastructure and developer-first APIs. | Fintech | Oct 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Daedal Systems develops plasma measurement systems for fusion energy | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Deep Sky builds, owns, and operates infrastructure to reverse climate change by removing carbon emissions. | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- panache.vc
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 14 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 80
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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